Improvement in umbrella-runners



Patented Jan. 4,1876.

Wilne sses 7%;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HATCH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLA-RUNNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [71,802. dated January 4, 1876; application filed July 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HATCH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented. a new and useful Improvement in Runners for Umbrellas and Parasols, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification,- reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my runner applied to an umbrella-stick. Fig. 2 is a bottom-end View.

Similar letters indicate correspondin g parts. My invention relates to that class of runners which are retained in a higher or in a lower position on the umbrella-stick by means of a bayonet-joint composed of slots which are formed in the respective ends of the run- In the drawing, the letter A designates an umbrella stick or handle, to the upper and lower portions of which are fastened studs B B, in any suitable manner. 0 designates an umbrella-runner, which is fitted on the stick A, and which carries the ordinary noteh-rin g D for the attachment of theistretchers of the umbrella. This ring I) may be loose in order to permit of rotating the runner independently of it; or the ring may be fast to the runner, as in the present example, the stretchers, in this case, permitting of a rotation of the parts sulficiently to lock or unlock the runner on the stick, as hereinafter stated.

7 The respective ends of the runner 0 have inpart E over the stud, and then turning the runner so that the stud enters the bend F, the runner is prevented from returning by the nose (1, assisted by the inherent tension of the umbrella-body; and by this arrangement I obtain a simple and practical device for locking and keeping the runner in a locked condition.

To release the runner it is only necessary to push it slightly upward or downward, as the case may be, so as to clear the stud B by the nose at, whereupon the runner maybe moved in any direction.

The slot E F of the lower end of the runner is covered by a cross-piece, G, which forms part of a ring that encompasses and is fastened to the runner.- This cross-piece G is raised above the slot, as shown in Fig. 2, to a sufficient extent as to admit the stud B beneath it, or as not to interrupt the entrance of the stud to the slot.

The cross-piece may be applied to both ends of the runner O-or, in other words, to both the slots E F-if seen lit, and its object is to strengthen and prevent bending of the ends of the slot, as well as to obviate 'the danger of being caughtas, for instance, by the sleeve, by such ends, or the nose a-in opening or closing the umbrella.

'I do not claim an umbrella-runner having one or more bayonet-openings to operate in connection with a stud upon the umbrellahandle, and provided with a rotating notchring, as such is not my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure GEORGE w. Hit Ton. n s.|

Witnesses W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

